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You take Mech-Hisui’s moveset, give her slightly different specials and a slightly different gameplan. That does not a joke character make. There is nothing ‘flawed’ about Mech + Neco H. The only justification I’ve heard otherwise is idiotic “oh she has neco as an assist so she MUST be a joke character”. Which holds absolutely no basis whatsoever. Fact is, I am able to argue my theories, you on the other hand do not. You just fall back on the old ‘derp derp, I’ll say what everyone else is saying’ chestnut. You even admit you don’t play this character or Mech Hisui, so wtf are YOU talking about? Your argument basically centers on “oh I don’t believe it so it’s not true, lalalalala”. If you want to be like that, then I could assume that Miyako is a joke character because she’s a little girl, or Len is a joke character because she turns into a cat when she crouches.

I’ll bet you think Deadpool in MVC3 is going to be a ‘joke’ character too eh?

There’s a difference between joke characters and humorous characters. Neco Arc and NaC are joke characters. They severely and intentionally lack things that make other characters good. Even then, NA has taken 2nd place in more than one tournament hasn’t she?

Nech does not lack anything other characters do. She can still air dash, perform oki setups, fight at close, mid, far range and she doesn’t sabotage herself the way NaC does either.

Anyway, you guys are all hating on the sprite blobbifier at the moment, but I reckon it will look good in action.

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It is highly biased and ignorant of me to talk on this subject for the reasons you’ve mention, but you’re one of the last people I’m going to come to when asking for character strategies or opinions. You’re post history here is not good, hence me saying earlier that even if I’m wrong it is not bad for me to not to believe you.

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I think mech hisui is joke cuz she got bbqhax and space heaters, dats not real fighter!

Wait a minute…

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Frustrated, noone is going to listen to your dumb ass unless you go out and prove yourself outside of the walls of the fucking quick reply box guy.

All talk man.

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so…question.

What are the attributes, both positive and negative for the half moon style?
I know what crescent moon and full moon style does,…but i can’t seem to figure out the half moon style. What’s it for?

right now i’m trying to main Ciel with half moon, which is why i wanted to know.

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If you’re maining Ciel, go Crescent. Half Ciel is a gimped version of Crescent.

As far as half moon goes, you be the judge - Moons - Melty Blood Actress Again Wiki (copy-pasta from here)

Good comboability, and power is generally low but damage can be very high with good execution. Has the least control over meter out of the three styles. Suited to a rushdown style of play.

  • Can reverse chain
  • Meter goes up to 200%. Cannot manually activate heat, but once meter reaches 200%, your character will automatically go into HEAT mode. During HEAT mode red life slowly regenerates. If your character gets hit while in HEAT mode, you will automatically circuit spark. EXCEPTION: If your character is getting comboed by the opponent and you reach 200% during the combo, then you can choose when to spark during this time.
  • Can dodge both in the ground and air by pressing 2E/2A+B
  • Cannot EX shield, can only normal shield. If shield is successful, your character will perform an auto shield counter, which launches the opponent and allows a followup combo.
  • Shield bunker performed by pressing 214D. Costs 100% meter, but is faster and has better recovery than the shield bunkers of the other moon styles. Also does 0 damage
  • Cannot EX guard
  • Gains a 6AA followup to 5A

Now pertaining to Ciel, Half is a gimped version of Crescent, in which amplifies her Act Cadenza rendition to the fullest. H-Ciel in itself is OK (HCB+A/B/C mixup/4B loop), but C-Ciel does what she can do; better and then some. If you do play H-Ciel, you must love what half moon does to benefit her.

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I’m thinking about playing with Ciel too should I ever get the game.

How does C-Ciel compare to F-Ciel?

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thanks alot s. shinobi,
i played a little with crescent moon ciel before gravitating to half moon…

the reason i abandoned crescent with ciel is because of the benefit of reverse chaining in air combos…
i couldn’t seem to link a decent air combo with ciel in crescent because of her B button lack of range,(meaning her air B attacks didn’t seem to have the enough amount of range and would always whiff, causing nothing but dropped combos for me.)
i tried to figure out if i was missing something in regards to B following A,…but couldn’t figure it out.
always whiffed.
so, i just realized that her C after A,A had the range, but crescent didn’t have reverse chaining, so needless to say i went with half moon for her.

she seems to be a hard character to do air combos with.

hey, silent shinobi, have you ever tried to play against half moon ciel{CPU}, using ciel, in versus mode with the difficulty setting on max?
man, because of reverse chaining, you never saw ciel take you up that high into the air with that reverse chaining that seems to benefit her so well{only talking about for air combo execution, not ground combos}. cuz her mid air B sucks following A and is useless, so air combos in the crescent don’t go that high{extended hits}.
she can still air combo with crescent, but i’m clueless as to how.

yeah, auto shield counters are just plain fun to watch, especially in air.
i hate auto circuit sparking, but thats the trade off for the reverse chaining:(

i’ll try her out again in crescent though.

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hey, silent shinobi, while we are on the subject of ciel…lets talk about some of her effective combos.

this is what my combos tend to look like.
i gravitated to these usual for me combos…

this is half moon ground combos.

i usually do…
A,A,4C,3B,2CC,JUMP CANCEL,A,A,C,…FROM THIS POINT ON I DON’T HAVE A FORMAT, I JUST DO WHAT I CAN TO TRY TO NOT DROP A COMBO AND TRY TO FINISH WITH A 214C SUPER.haven’t mastered the system enough yet to have a consistently used pattern of moves, plus haven’t spent that much time with her in training mode to practice chaining in air with her.

sometimes i also use…
B,2BB,C(HELD)

ALSO, I SOMETIMES LEAN ON…
B,A,6AA,2B,4C,C-HELD

HER B,4C,A,6AA,C is pretty vicious cuz of the arcing hitbox range of her 4C{more vertical range than horizontal,meaning it keeps her close for the follow up of her A,6AA.}
but it only really works when the opponent is cornered.

also…
C(held),2BB,636A IS A NICE MOVE.

I LIKE HER 4B(HELD), ON HIT 236B MIND GAME MOVE;)

P.S.
i really need to practice her air combos cuz i drop them too much:(

EDIT:yeah, i played against crescent ciel in vs(with me using H-moon ciel)…
she uses her projectile attacks alot more than half MOON ciel, and goes less crazy spam with her air combos…
but i have no idea how to tie her air combos using crescent, cuz of her terrible air B.
i think she uses A,C, jump cancel,B,C etc…but i’m not sure?!?

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yeah, i went into training mode using crescent moon ciel…

it wasn’t her air B that was the problem for me. her air B is just fine. it was C following her B that i was constantly whiffing, for me. thats what it was…i just didn’t remember correctly since it was a while back since i used C-ciel.

i just avoid all that by using H-ciel, and trying to go backwards with a lot of jump cancels/airdashes using E.

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You shouldnt drop a character just because her combos are slightly more difficult.Due to the nature of chaining and cancelling in Melty Blood,attacks do not have a rigid cancel point.You can delay or quicken the moves alot,it’s all about getting familiar with her timings.As for combos,you should check the melty blood wiki.

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So, I want to start playing MBAA. Is there anywhere I could get it for less than $60? I have enough problems paying that much for next gen games as it is.

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I imported the game for about 40 bucks (not including shipping)

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play-asia is selling it for $59,new i’m only guessing if its new.
play-japan $57 used,
and ebay for 65, maybe new, but not sure.

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i did check the MB wiki.
it was a big help.
i checked the moon styles listed there thanks to silentshinobi and i checked ciel’s wiki info while i was there.
i had no idea she could cancel her 22B with an air throw, but only if 22B is preceded by 2BB. so i learned a bit about her moveset.

but i’m telling you crescent ciel’s air combo is hard to do. her air C after air B is waaay hard to connect. her air C kick is diagonally down which just goes a hair’s thickness below the reciever’s body , so it constantly whiffs if you are not blazingly fast with the air A,B,C combo. and i mean blazin fast between hitting B to C.
i can never do it after the launch-jump cancel.
only in corners can i sometimes pull it off.
she’s not easy to air combo with.
she’s not easy like w.len or akiha verm. or some character like that.
at least for me,imo.
i’m just not that fast,thumbwise.

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It’s HEEEEEERRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

?MBAACC???24?? 10/07/29???(9)

DISCUSS!!!

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Current Code is out gentlemen. Let the flurry of console characters rape all of Japan…in the arcades.

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I’m sure that CC is really gonna rock Japanese arcades around the country. Will definitly be a big hit.

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Cat! Luck! Cat!

This is hell you shitty cat!

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isthismugen on USTREAM: . MBAA stream. Not CC